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Chapter I
We Run From The Hunted! Running a hunting camp on Venus appeared to be a good deal. But like any business, you had to attract customers--and maybe a Wompan! I dabbed at the nick on my jaw with a towel and said, "Ouch! Do you always have to read to me when I'm shaving?"
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Running a hunting camp on Venus appeared to be a good deal.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Running a hunting camp on Venus appeared to be a good deal.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Do you always have to read to me when I'm shaving?"”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Running a hunting camp on Venus appeared to be a good deal.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Running a hunting camp on Venus appeared to be a good deal.
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From this reading Do you always have to read to me when I'm shaving?"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But like any business, you had to attract customers--and maybe a Wompan!
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From this reading But like any business, you had to attract customers--and maybe a Wompan!
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From this reading Running a hunting camp on Venus appeared to be a good deal.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I dabbed at the nick on my jaw with a towel and said, "Ouch!
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From this reading But like any business, you had to attract customers--and maybe a Wompan!
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Running a hunting camp on Venus appeared to be a good deal.
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From this reading But like any business, you had to attract customers--and maybe a Wompan!
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But like any business, you had to attract customers--and maybe a Wompan!
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From this reading Running a hunting camp on Venus appeared to be a good deal.
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From this reading But like any business, you had to attract customers--and maybe a Wompan!
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From this reading I dabbed at the nick on my jaw with a towel and said, "Ouch!
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From this reading Running a hunting camp on Venus appeared to be a good deal.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Do you always have to read to me when I'm shaving?"
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading We Run From The Hunted!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Running a hunting camp on Venus appeared to be a good deal.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading But like any business, you had to attract customers--and maybe a Wompan!
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Do you always have to read to me when I'm shaving?"
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From this reading We Run From The Hunted!
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From this reading Running a hunting camp on Venus appeared to be a good deal.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I dabbed at the nick on my jaw with a towel and said, "Ouch!
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From this reading Do you always have to read to me when I'm shaving?"
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From this reading I dabbed at the nick on my jaw with a towel and said, "Ouch!
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From this reading But like any business, you had to attract customers--and maybe a Wompan!
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From this reading But like any business, you had to attract customers--and maybe a Wompan!
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Do you always have to read to me when I'm shaving?"
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I dabbed at the nick on my jaw with a towel and said, "Ouch!
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From this reading I dabbed at the nick on my jaw with a towel and said, "Ouch!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Running a hunting camp on Venus appeared to be a good deal.
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From this reading I dabbed at the nick on my jaw with a towel and said, "Ouch!
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From this reading Do you always have to read to me when I'm shaving?"
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From this reading We Run From The Hunted!
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Running a hunting camp on Venus appeared to be a good deal.
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From this reading I dabbed at the nick on my jaw with a towel and said, "Ouch!
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From this reading Do you always have to read to me when I'm shaving?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We Run From The Hunted!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Running a hunting camp on Venus appeared to be a good deal.
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From this reading I dabbed at the nick on my jaw with a towel and said, "Ouch!
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From this reading Running a hunting camp on Venus appeared to be a good deal.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We Run From The Hunted!
at the time that
From this reading Do you always have to read to me when I'm shaving?"
in the company of; together with
From this reading I dabbed at the nick on my jaw with a towel and said, "Ouch!
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From this reading But like any business, you had to attract customers--and maybe a Wompan!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading But like any business, you had to attract customers--and maybe a Wompan!
